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Economics for Emancipation

Economics for Emancipation

A Course of Economics for All

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Featured Stories

  • E4E Black Study Group

    This was a study group of artists and organizers mostly based in the South but spread pretty far — NYC, Cali, North Carolina, Georgia —because I shared the invite into the study group on twitter.  

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  • The Food Project

    We combined some of the materials from CED and Movement Generation to build an introductory piece to talk about economics.  

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  • People’s Economy Lab

    We facilitated eight virtual sessions, each 1.5 hours long, for a cohort of 20 King County residents, including people working in finance and philanthropy, artists and cultural workers, co-op enthusiasts, government and nonprofit employees, advocates for environmental justice, and more.

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  • I Have a Future

    In February 2024, CED worked with the youth at I Have a Future Boston to begin exploring the ways that a solidarity economy can meet our needs. 

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  • New Economy Coalition

    In March-April 2025, CED ran a 5-session virtual workshop series in partnership with the New Economy Coalition and our brilliant co-facilitators.

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  • EAT: Collaboration between Art.coop, CollectiveBAE, and E4E

    EAT was a 6 month hybrid in person and virtual learning journey for artists.

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Newsletters

  • March 2023 E4E Newsletter

    The Center for Economic Democracy is excited to launch Economics for Emancipation (E4E), a seven-module introductory curriculum that offers a deep critical dive into the current political economic system, exploration of alternative economic systems, and dynamic tools to dream and build the economy that centers care, relationship, and liberation.

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  • September 2023 E4E Newsletter

    Fall is here and that means school is back in session – the popular education kind. And with that, it’s the perfect time to continue exploring the world of Economics for Emancipation (E4E).

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  • January 2024 E4E Newsletter

    t’s January, typically a season of hibernation and study – and a time where we honor the radical evolution of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – especially his analysis on the triples of evil: racism, economic exploitation, and militarism. But the times we’re in are not typical.

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  • June 2024 E4E Newsletter

    As summer approaches and the 2024 elections creep closer, we are witnessing systems of decline in real time – whether it’s the lack of our so-called leaders ability to represent the popular will against multiple genocides we’re witnessing, or the lack of real representation when it comes to our binary choice for president in America…

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  • April 2025 E4E Newsletter

    As our economic, political, and ecological crises deepen, so too does our commitment to each other — to studying the systems that harm us and imagining new ones rooted in care, justice, and collective power. Now more than ever, we need to be deep in study together, dreaming up solutions that resist and build —…

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  • Introduction to the Economy & the Working Day
  • How Capitalism Works
  • Redistribution vs. Recognition
  • Alternative Economic Systems
  • The Evolution of U.S. Economic Systems
  • Fiscal and Monetary Policy
  • Building Alternatives: Solidarity Economy
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